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 The No Name Pops has announced 'TIMELESS: A Tribute to The Legacy of Peter Nero,' a concert paying homage to the extraordinary career and musical genius of the legendary Peter Nero.

The Broadway production of Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch by Ossie Davis welcomed Dr. Clarence B. Jones to the evening show over the weekend on Saturday, January 13. Check out photos here!

A half-century after its triumphant Broadway debut, South Bay Musical Theatre will present the timeless classic A Little Night Music, featuring haunting and humorous music by the late great Stephen Sondheim, with a book by Hugh Wheeler.

The Martha Graham Dance Company presents their Spring 2024 New York Season, featuring Graham masterworks, a new 'Rodeo,' and a New York premiere by Jamar Roberts. Don't miss this celebration of American legacies at New York City Center from April 17-20, 2024.

Seattle Opera has unveiled its 2024/25 season. Learn about the productions and see how to purchase tickets!

It's a Tale of Two Stevies in December concerts uptown when two men are celebrated in the series that began in 1970 when Stevie Wonder was 20 and already had been recording for about 7 years and Stephen Sondheim had 'Company' debut on Broadway.

Good Theater will kick off the new year with the side-splitting comedy ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS by Richard Bean, starring local favorite Dustin Tucker in his Good Theater debut. We have all of the details on the production!

The 2024 tour dates have been announced for Blackeyed Theatre’s critically acclaimed revival of Oh What a Lovely War.  Learn more about how to catch the show in a city near you!

Barbra Streisand will be honored with the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment in 2024. The SAG Life Achievement Award will join Streisand's numerous accolades, including being an EGOT winner. Recent honorees include Sally Field, Helen Mirren, Carol Burnett, Morgan Freeman, Lily Tomlin, and more.

The Broadway League has revealed the three recipients of the 2023 Broadway League Leadership Awards that were presented yesterday during the League’s Annual Meeting. Learn more about the honorees here!

Riverside Theatre presents the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning Best Musical, Jersey Boys. Don't miss this incredible show!

Toby’s Dinner And Show in Columbia, MD, presents Meredith Wilson’s Miracle On 34th Street, the Musical through January 7th, 2024, and it’s a fun holiday outing that gives the feel of New York City in December. Dress up for the occasion if you wish, and step into a traditional holiday favorite, live and in full color. 

Ellen Holly, the first Black person to have a lead role in daytime television, has passed away at 92. She was a theater actress, starred on Broadway, and was a published author. Her autobiography detailed her career and her historic Black family.

There's a hardcover, there's a kindle, there's an audiobook. But there's also a system to enjoying it, and Stephen Mosher has tested it out, with satisfying success.

Save up to 59% on Jersey Boys-now in its final weeks

Darlene Love fans shared a special moment with the singer during her 'Love for the Holidays' concert at New York's Town Hall on Thursday, November 30 when Bruce Springsteen came on stage to present Darlene with an RIAA platinum album plaque for A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector,.

Barbra Streisand sings everything perfectly but there has to be a reason to buy a compilation album, and there doesn't seem to be one here, though streaming it is do-able.

Prospero Arts and Queensland Performing Arts Centre have announced Jersey Boys, The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons will be presented in QPAC's Concert Hall from 8 to 11 February 2024. 

This time, the reader question was: With Merrily We Roll Along back on Broadway as a hit, how many musicals are flops in their original Broadway production and then return as smashes?

Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma announces the appointment of a new Development Director.

The Kinks, one of the greatest ever British rock groups, continue the 60th Anniversary celebrations of their illustrious musical journey with part two of their career-defining anthology, The Journey, out now on BMG.

Seattle Opera has appointed Chris Burkett as the Director of Development. Burkett brings years of experience in building donor relationships to the role.

In a new video that has surfaced online, Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli perform a duet of Get Happy/Happy Days are Here Again - a mashup first made famous by their mother Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand in 1963. Watch the clip from an event in 1975 below.

When two stand-out solo artists join forces and join hands, an electric reaction occurs.

This time, the reader question was: Have there been many Broadway musicals starring only two actors, before Gutenberg! The Musical!?